00:00Russian Foreign Minister Zagal Lavrov said that the presence of NATO infrastructure in Afghanistan was categorically unacceptable.
00:07The statements came during a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan on Monday.
00:12The Russian Foreign Minister also emphasized that it had now been five years since Kabul was freed from two decades
00:17of Western occupation.
00:19The meeting was attended by special representatives and senior officials from India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China,
00:24Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as allegations from Belarus and Egypt.
00:30It covered issues relating to political and economic cooperation between the countries of the region and Afghanistan,
00:35as well as the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking.
00:44In conclusion, I would like to emphasize once again that the deployment of NATO military infrastructure
00:51on the territory of Afghanistan and its neighboring states under any pretext whatsoever is categorically unacceptable.
00:59As historical experience shows, such a presence is fraught with destabilization and an increase in conflict.
01:06We have seen no other outcomes from such a presence over the past decades.
01:10We have seen no other outcomes from such a presence.
